Diary Of A Busker Day 253 Wednesday June 27th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:48-3:59pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time : 4:11-5:20pmWhen it’s not raining proper, it’s drizzling, stopping only occasionally, so I need some kind of shelter and all I can get is the somewhat shallow doorway of the Wellcome Gospel Hall, almost right opposite the Maison… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 251
Diary Of A Busker Day 251 Sunday June 24th 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite where Reflex used to be Time: 5-6:27pmAnother spur-of-the-moment-late-Sunday-afternoon session. I was going to set up at the crossroads but the ice-cream vendor is there, just opposite to where I usually play. Sometimes I don’t like to inflict myself on people who are outside all day. It’s… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 250
Diary Of A Busker Day 250 Friday June 22nd 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite Vodafone, Time: 12:55-3:01pm In the covered bit, just down from The Buttercross there are two young guys strumming through Space Oddity – most effective (and authentic) if you’ve got an acoustic 12-string guitar, of course, but they make do with a 6-string and a ukelele. They’ve… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 249
Diary Of A Busker Day 249 Wednesday June 20th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:30-4:01pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 4:30-6:15pm An old regular appears and I can’t remember his name…and he’s in my photo album! I’m sure it begins with W. ‘It’s um…Wally, isn’t it?’ I know it’s something like that. He says ‘yes’ but rather vaguely.… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 247
Diary Of A Busker Day 247 Saturday June 16th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 4:10-4:48pm, 2. Opposite O2, Time: 4:55-6:12pmA day of constant drizzle which I’m able to take for almost forty minutes until the moisture makes it quite difficult to play. Just one small droplet on the fretboard, when it comes into contact with a finger… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 245
Diary Of A Busker Day 245 Saturday June 9th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:07-1:31pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:40-2pm, 3. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:30-4:10pm, 4. Opposite Bellis, Time: 5:07-5:36pmA couple of weeks ago I came across old Ralph sitting on a bench in the High Street. He started telling me how difficult it was to motivate… Read more →